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Alberta Youth Choir

Choir Alberta
  • Rehearsal weekend January 30 to 31, 2027, then a residency February 18 to 20 and showcase February 21, 2027 in Calgary
  • Ages 16-22
  • Alberta
Nov 2, 5 days left
Details

Alberta Honour Wind Ensemble

Alberta Band Association
  • One ensemble weekend and concert in late winter
  • High school and undergraduate
  • Edmonton (in recent years)
Has a fee
Dec 1, 34 days left
Details

Scholastic Art & Writing Awards

Alliance for Young Artists & Writers
  • Submit work each fall, with regional then national judging
  • Grades 7–12 (age 13+)
  • Online (US and Canada, excluding Quebec)
Has a fee
Dec 2, 35 days left
Details

SHAD Canada

  • 4 weeks (summer)
  • Grades 10–11
  • Various Canadian campuses including Alberta
Cost varies
Jan 6, 70 days left
Details

National Youth Orchestra of Canada (NYO Canada)

National Youth Orchestra of Canada
  • About 7 weeks, mid-June to early August 2027
  • Ages 16-28
  • Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON
Pays you
Feb 1, 96 days left
Details

Explore French Immersion Bursary

Council of Ministers of Education, Canada, funded by the Government of Canada
  • 31 to 33 days for ages 16 and up, spring or summer, or 19 to 21 days for ages 13 to 15, summer only
  • Ages 13 to 15 and 16 and up, depending on the host institution
  • Host universities and colleges across Canada, including Quebec and the Atlantic provinces
Feb 2, 97 days left
Details

Grande Prairie and District Music Festival

Grande Prairie and District Music Festival Association
  • March 21 to April 30, 2027, with a Grand Concert on May 2
  • Up to age 28
  • Grande Prairie
Has a fee
Feb 11, 106 days left
Details

Rotary Youth Program of Enrichment (RYPEN)

Rotary District 5360 (southern Alberta) and District 5370 (northern Alberta)
  • 4-day residential camp (May 7 to 10, 2027 in southern Alberta)
  • Ages 13-17 (southern Alberta), 14-18 (northern Alberta)
  • The Site, just outside Calgary (southern Alberta camp)
Free
Mar 31, 154 days left
Details

UBC Future Global Leaders

UBC Extended Learning
  • Summer courses and mini schools in July and August
  • Ages 15–18, Grade 10 completed
  • UBC Vancouver campus (residential option) or online
Has a fee
May 21, 205 days left
Details

4-H Alberta Senior Program

4-H Alberta
  • Club year, October to September
  • Ages 15 to 20 (Senior division)
  • Alberta-wide (club and regional events)
Has a fee
Open now, no deadline
Details

TELUS Spark Science Centre Volunteering, Calgary

TELUS Spark Science Centre
  • Varies (ongoing volunteer shifts)
  • Ages 16+ (14+ for summer camps)
  • Calgary (in-person, TELUS Spark Science Centre)
Open now, no deadline
Details

The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award

The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award, Canada, Alberta and NWT Division
  • Self-paced across Bronze, Silver and Gold levels
  • Ages 14 to 24
  • Alberta-wide (completed in your own community through a school, cadet corps, Scouts group or independently)
Open now, no deadline
Details

TELUS World of Science Volunteering, Edmonton

TELUS World of Science, Edmonton
  • One 3–4 hour shift a week for three months (about 40 hours)
  • Ages 15+
  • Edmonton (in-person, TELUS World of Science)
Free
Open now, no deadline
Details

Youth Volunteer Corps, Calgary

Youth Central
  • Flexible, from one-day projects to ongoing ones
  • Ages 12–18
  • Calgary (in-person)
Free
Open now, no deadline
Details

Canada Service Corps

Government of Canada (Employment and Social Development Canada)
  • Flexible (at least 120 hours over 12 months) or full-time placements
  • Ages 12–30
  • Across Canada, including Alberta (in-person and remote)
Free
Open now, no deadline
Details

Canadian Cadet Program (Air, Army and Sea Cadets)

Department of National Defence, with the Air, Army and Navy Leagues
  • Year-round, weekly parade nights at a local corps or squadron
  • Ages 12–18
  • Local corps and squadrons across Alberta
Free
Open now, no deadline
Details

Venturer Scouts, Scouts Canada

Scouts Canada
  • School year, weekly meetings plus expeditions
  • Ages 15–17
  • Local Scout groups across Alberta
Has a fee
Open now, no deadline
Details

Rangers, Girl Guides of Canada

Girl Guides of Canada
  • School year, meeting weekly or every other week
  • Ages 15–17
  • Local units across Alberta
Has a fee
Open now, no deadline
Details

Interact Clubs, Rotary

Rotary International, sponsored by local Rotary clubs (Districts 5360 and 5370 in Alberta)
  • School year
  • Ages 12–18
  • Clubs at high schools across Alberta, or start one at yours with a local Rotary club
Open now, no deadline
Details

Key Club, Kiwanis

Kiwanis International, Western Canada District
  • School year
  • High school
  • Clubs in Brooks, Calgary, Edmonton, Lloydminster and Medicine Hat, or start one with a local Kiwanis club
Open now, no deadline
Details

Calgary Young People's Theatre (CYPT)

Calgary Young People's Theatre
  • Fall and winter class sessions, a season of productions, and summer camps
  • Ages 4-18 (teen classes and camps)
  • Calgary
Has a fee
Open now, no deadline
Details

Pathways Program Music Festival

Canadian Music Competition Southern Alberta Committee
  • Pathways auditions April 6 to 15, 2027, with national final dates to be announced
  • Ages 7-25 (15-18 category for most high schoolers)
  • Pathways Program auditions at Scarboro United Church, Calgary, with the 2027 national finals location to be announced
Has a fee
Opens Dec 1, due Jan 22
Details

Lethbridge and District Music and Speech Arts Festival

  • April 12 to 23, 2027
  • All ages
  • Lethbridge
Has a fee
Opens Dec 1, due Jan 29
Details

Calgary Performing Arts Festival (CPAF)

Calgary Performing Arts Festival Society
  • Festival April 16 to May 7, 2027
  • All ages up to 26
  • Calgary
Has a fee
Opens Nov 1, due Jan 31
Details

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Halloween in Alberta

A crowd in evening dress under paper lanterns at a Halloween party in Edmonton in 1906
Edmonton, 1906 A Halloween party at the Prince Arthur Café
Guests in pointed witch hats with skull badges at a Halloween party in Wainwright in the 1920s
Wainwright, 1920s Witch hats and skull badges at a Halloween party
Four children in costumes standing among pine trees in Mountain Park in 1934
Mountain Park, 1934 Beulah Godby and friends in costume, in a coal town that is a ghost town now
A woman dressed as an angel and a man dressed as a devil with a pitchfork, standing in the snow in Claresholm in 1949
Claresholm, 1949 First place costumes at the skating carnival
Children in Halloween masks and a witch hat lined up against a wooden wall around 1950
Little Smoky River, About 1950 Animal masks and a witch hat
A pumpkin carved with a glowing bison head on a porch in Edmonton on Halloween 2024
Edmonton, 2024 A bison carved into a pumpkin on Halloween night Photo by Joli Rumi, CC BY-SA 4.0

From the Provincial Archives of Alberta, and one Edmonton porch. Photo credits